Brand new Americana festival Dashville Skyline, brought together by the folks behind The Gum Ball, have announced the first round of artists for their debut event. Held in Lower Belford, NSW on Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th October, the festival has been tantalising us with hints over the last few weeks, and with this lineup the wait has paid off.

“This is the first taste of a line up designed to reflect the sparse musical lineage between traditional roots music and modern Americana,” explains event organiser Matt Johnston. “We’ve already sold out of our early-bird ticket allocation without an artist announcement, which is fantastic. I think that people connect with the genre and are excited about the concept of this festival.”

The second round of artists for Dashville Skyline is due for announcement at the end of the month. For more information check out the official site here.

This week Bluesfest have revealed even more artists for this Easter plus a 2015 playing schedule. The schedule can be downloaded here and if it looks exciting you better buy tickets quickly as Bluesfest is over 80% sold out.

It feels as though we’ve been bombarded with festival announcements over the last few weeks and that’s set to continue with the Blue Mountains Music Festival confirming the first round of artists for 2015. Held in Katoomba from the 13th to 15th March, next year will mark the 20th aniversary of the Blue Mountains Music Festival.

– MoFo in Sydney announced their artists for September – Laura and Susie who are busy running around the country on their Meremba Tour along with Sydney based blues and gospel duo Golden Whistler. Details here

Timber and Steel Recommends – Go To This Gig

Tonight the very special blog Seek Stumble Listen Live will be hosting its first live multimedia event in Sydney featuring live music with a heavy dose of folk from Fanny Lumsden, Little Fox and more. It’s definitely a great way to see in the weekend.

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Wagons have announced plans to hit the road following the release of their new sigle “Chase The Eclipse”. The band are coming off the back of a hugely successful international tour and the release of their latest album Acid Rain and Sugar Cane so are pretty pumped to get out in front of Australian audiences again.

Friday Folk Flashback

“Warwu” – Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu and Missy Higgins

We hope you’ve been celebrating National NAIDOC Week by listening to some of your favourite indigenous folky artists. We thought we’d help you along with this stunning version of “Warwu” featuring Gurrumul and Missy Higgins from the 2011 ARIA Awards.

Alt-country legends Wagons have been touring their new album Acid Rain & Sugar Cane right around the country since last month, and we’re lucky enough to have snaffled a double pass to their Sydney show this Saturday 14th June at the Factory Theatre.

All you need to get your hands on the tickets is be the first to email us at timberandsteelaustralia@gmail.com with your full name and the tickets are yours. But get in quick – this double pass is bound to be snapped up fast.

While you’re waiting to hear if you’ve won check out the new(ish) video from Wagons, “Beer Barrel Bar”:

– The new Eels album drops today and they’ve also released the video from the track “Mistakes of My Youth”. Details here

– Wagons have given us a taster of their new album with the release of the video for “Why Do You Always Cry”. Details here

– As well as sharing the new John Butler Trio video “Livin’ in The City”, we thought we’d also share their version of “Happy”. Details here

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“If you’re experiencing the festival for the first time (or were so overwhelmed with the event last time) let Timber and Steel take you through our step by step survival guide for the National Folk Festival” – Read our survival guide to The National Folk Festival. Blog here

Releases This Week

Timber and Steel Recommends – Go To This Gig

In the country for Bluesfest this weekend, Iron & Wine will be performing two very special live shows in Melbourne and Sydney at two of Australia’s finest venues. If you haven’t gotten tickets to these gigs yet, and if there’s any tickets left, you need to buy them. Now.

The BeezFriday 25th to Sunday 27th April – Mount Beauty Music Festival, Vic

Vance JoyThursday 24th April – The Governor Hindmarsh, Adelaide, SA

Friday Folk Flashback

“Railroad Man” – Eels

The new Eels album The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett drops today and from what we’ve already heard from it it’s their best in years. And while The Eels like to skip around genres a bit but they have plenty of folk in their back catalogue, including this Dylan-esque gem “Railroad Man”.